---
id: "CVE-2026-114179"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114179"]
title: "BP Better Messages WordPress plugin: DOM-based XSS through version 3.1.3"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.1
epss: 0.00251
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["bp-better-messages", "buddypress", "package", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-24T08:16:51+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-24T08:47:15+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T12:38:49+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114179", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T08:47:15+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114179", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-25T12:38:49+00:00"}]
---

# BP Better Messages WordPress plugin: DOM-based XSS through version 3.1.3

The BP Better Messages plugin for WordPress and BuddyPress has a DOM-based cross-site scripting flaw in versions through 3.1.3. An attacker can get script to run in a victim's browser session on the affected site.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version of `bp-better-messages` in the WordPress admin plugins list or with `wp plugin get bp-better-messages --field=version`
- unknown for other checks, the sources do not say

## Fix

- Update `bp-better-messages` to a version later than `3.1.3`; the sources do not name the fixed release
- unknown for other actions, the sources do not say

## Timeline

- 2026-10-24T08:47:15+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114179
- 2026-10-25T12:38:49+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114179

## From the sources

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wordplus BP Better Messages bp-better-messages allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects BP Better Messages: from n/a through 3.1.3.

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